So once again my fucking car ended up being towed.
No I didn't try to jump any fuses this time. Sorry for the spoiler.
Out on a cruise heading to Richard's with a buddy, decided to go through the back of the backroads. While going over a small section of gravel. Maybe 1Km, had to shift into 1st after driving over a dip in the road. Shifted into 1st, **BANG** *clack*clack*clack*clack*clack... WTF?!
Jump out, look under the car.. "Something's fucked.." Hobble the car off the road to get out of the way and crawl under the car to get a better look. Here's what I found...
Lovely isn't it? That's right.. That's the middle CV joint of the driver's front axle.
This time a dolly... [Off topic: the tow truck driver used to own a 1Gb Laser AWD - same as mine - with a big 16G in it which currently is owned by Jon Javier]
Back at Richard's... again... Deja vu anybody?!
While taking the car apart, here's what I found.. Yes tons of dirt, cv joint grease.. misc. grease, grit, whatever and... metal bits
Isn't it beautiful?
Lovely.. just yeah I was pleased.. Anyway.. scrounged around and ended up having to make one shaft out of two that had salvageable characteristics.
New boot, new grease, put it all back together and she was good to go
A few more pictures of metal shit and bits can be found
right over here (click me) for anybody who cares.